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"&lt;p&gt;The xKDF Network is a group of clubs practicing the reconstructed martial arts of medieval Germany. Based on extant source material, our martial art focuses on historical techniques found across hundreds of years of fighting treatises and books created specifically to present systems of combat that demonstrate an efficient and deadly form of serious fencing. &lt;em&gt;Kunst des Fechtens&lt;/em&gt;, the Art of Fighting, is used to refer to the martial arts developed in the medieval Germanic regions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Members of our clubs primarily learn the art of the longsword based on the teachings of Johannes Liechtenauer from selected sources, but may also delve into sword and buckler, spear and polearms, messer, dagger and wrestling, or more esoteric weapons. A training session includes strength training and conditioning, fencing fundamentals and mechanics, technical interpretation drills, sparring games, and coached free fencing. Clubs also organize, individually or with nearby groups, cutting practice with sharp swords and trips to other regional groups.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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